190306

Moody’s Microblog Daily Digest https://moodysmdd.blogspot.com/2019/03/190305.html yesterday’s tweets as a single page

Food fight: doubts grow over post-#Brexit standards - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/mar/06/food-fight-doubts-grow-over-post-brexit-standards “antibiotics per animal in US farming is on average a shocking five times higher than in the UK”

Britain urged to reject ‘backward’ US food safety standards - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/mar/06/britain-urged-to-reject-backward-us-food-safety-standards “There is a general resistance to even acknowledging the existence of sentience in farm animals which is quite extraordinary.” #brexit

If the US insists on chlorinated chicken, it can forget a trade deal - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/mar/06/us-chlorinated-chicken-trade-deal-agriculture says leading #brexiter: “We should use the power of the UK to project British values of kindness and compassion in any future trade deals.”

Now the Duchess of Sussex reveals fears over chlorine-washed chicken from the US as she wades into post-Brexit trade deal row - https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6774985/Duchess-Sussex-reveals-fears-chlorine-washed-chicken-US.html "her unease about ‘industrial US food systems’ being ‘wrong’ " #brexitchaos

Police chief says rise in knife crime in England is national emergency - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/mar/06/police-chief-says-rise-in-knife-crime-in-england-is-national-emergency “cuts in policing that have led to a 21,000 reduction in police numbers since 2010”; well, there’s your problem…

No-deal Brexit would plunge UK economy into recession – OECD - https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/mar/06/no-deal-brexit-would-plunge-uk-economy-into-recession-oecd and the poor will suffer the most #brexitchaos

Clash Of EU’s Poorly Thought Out Laws: German Data Protection Commissioner Warns That #Article13 Might Violate #GDPR - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20190301/13450841706/clash-eus-poorly-thought-out-laws-german-data-protection-commissioner-warns-that-article-13-might-violate-gdpr.shtml

Northern Ireland civil servants fear targeting by paramilitaries - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/mar/06/northern-ireland-civil-servants-fear-targeting-by-pa... #brexitchaos

“auch die #SPD verbaut sich mit ihrer erbärmlichen Mutlosigkeit jede Chance auf die Stimmen der Generation YouTube” - http://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/netzpolitik/urheberrecht-die-alles-mitmach-partei-spd-a-1256527.html “Das Internet vergisst nichts. Jedenfalls nicht bis zur Wahl im Mai.” #artikel13

Trump’s tariff war pushes US trade deficit to 10-year high - https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/mar/06/us-trade-deficit-hits-10-year-high-as-trump-trade-wars-backfire just as experts warned would happen…

Support for EU nationals being able to work in UK has risen sharply since 2016, ONS says - https://www.theguardian.com/politics/blog/live/2019/mar/06/brexit-latest-news-pmqs-mays-offer-to-protect-workers-right-dismissed-as-worthless-by-labour-and-unions-politics-live?page=with:block-5c7feae2e4b052c45da0c715#block-5c7feae2e4b052c45da0c715 good to see people waking up to the #brexiters’ lies about immigration

What makes a boat smart, and why does it matter? - https://www.edf.org/oceans/smart-boats not sure about the name, but the idea is good

Russian parliament outlaws online ‘disrespect’ - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/06/russian-parliament-outlaws-online-disrespect "allows courts to jail people for online “disrespect” of government or state officials, including the president, Vladimir Putin." almost like soviet times…

Brexit is a ‘huge help’ to Irish republicanism, says dissident leader - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/06/brexit-is-a-huge-help-to-irish-republicanism-says-dissident-leader “Saoradh party’s chair believes exit from EU will fuel violent resistance to British rule” well, obvs… #brexitchaos will be bloody